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bowling

[boh-ling] / ˈboʊ lɪŋ /


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Kohli saw the remainder of the India middle-order dismissed cheaply, and he himself was then caught in the covers off the bowling of Sam Curran for 74, effectively ending the tourists' challenge.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Why should eating ice cream and going bowling qualify but not buying a novel, asks Martina Tittel, who runs two book stores and a publishing house in Berlin.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

When a family spends $300 at a game, that’s $300 they don’t spend at a local restaurant or bowling alley; there’s no new economic activity, just what we economists call “substitution.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Stokes was in the middle of a bowling spell at the time of the announcement and, with his first delivery after news of his retirement spread, took the wicket of New Zealand's Zak Foulkes.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Her eyes, Rishi saw, were glued to the bowling pins.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon



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